鯱
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Translingual
Han character
鯱 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火卜心弓 (NFYPN) or 弓火卜心山 (NFYPU), composition ⿰魚虎)
- (Japan) killer whale, orca
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1473, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46286
- Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4695, character 16
- Unihan data for U+9BF1
Chinese
| trad. | 鯱 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 𩾇 | |
Glyph origin
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鯱 (shachi).
Etymology
Spelling pronunciation, as 虎 (hǔ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
- Wade–Giles: hu3
- Yale: hǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
- Palladius: ху (xu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: fu2
- Yale: fú
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
鯱
Japanese
Glyph origin
A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).
Kanji
鯱
Readings
- Kan’yō-on: こ (ko)
- Kun: しゃち (shachi, 鯱)、しゃちほこ (shachihoko, 鯱)、しゃっちょこ (shatchoko, 鯱)
- Nanori: しゃち (shachi)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鯱 |
| しゃち Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
- orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
- Synonym: 逆叉 (sakamata)
- (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鯱 |
| しゃちほこ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鯱鉾 |
From 鯱 (shachi) + 鉾 (hoko).
Pronunciation
Noun
鯱 • (shachihoko)
- (Japanese mythology) a shachihoko, a carp with the head of a tiger
- Synonym of 鯱瓦 (shachihoko-gawara, “decorative tiles placed at the end of a roof-beam in the shape of shachihoko”)
- Synonym of 松毬魚 (matsukasa-uo, “Japanese pinecone fish}, Monocentris japonica”)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 鯱 |
| しゃっちょこ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
Alteration of shachihoko.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Okinawan
Kanji
鯱
Readings
Etymology
Cognate with mainland Japanese 鯱 (shachi).
Noun
鯱 (sachi)